Improvement in lanterns



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I Lanterm No. 1025 896. v Patented May 10, 1870.

NJEIERS, PKOTO-LITHCGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, 01C

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. W. WESTLAKE. I v Lantern.

. No.102,896. Patented May 10, 1870- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WESTLAKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 102,896, dated May 10, 1870.

ing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows a completed lantern; Fig. 2, a top view of the oil-pot, the cup containing the same, the band to which the cup is connected, also showing the upper set of springs; Fig. 3, a. vertical section of the same; Fig. 4, a detail of one spring; Fig. 5, a transverse sec tion of the oil-pot and cup containing the same; Fig. 6, a vertical section of the same, so taken as to show two of the lower set ot'springs. Fig. 7 shows the manner of securing the vertical guards to the band A. Fig. 8 shows the "slot in the band A for the spindle ofthe wick-ratchet. Figs. 9 and 10, Sheet 2, show the cast pointed ring as secured to a close-bottom lantern.

My improvements consist in providing suitable springs to hold the loose oil-pot in place, whe her the same be removable through the base or top, and in providing the bottom of a lantern with sharp points.

In the dra win gs,Arepresen ts a vertical band, in which are a number of slots to receive the vertical guard-wires, as particularly shown in Fig. 7, which are secured to the band by solder. In the band A is a long vertical opening, 2', to receive the spindle of the wick ratchet, which extends outside of this band.

C is a cup, in which the oil-pot I) is placed loosely. Three springs, h, are attached to the inside of this cup, at or near the bottom, for the purpose ofcentering the oil-pot in the cup and holding itin place. Iuse this set ot'spri-ngs when the lantern is so constructed that the oil-pot is removed through the top. When the oil-pot is removed throughthe base of the lantern I useanother set of springs, 12, placed within the band A, and fastened thereto near the topj. (Shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) These springs hold the loose oil-pot securelyin place. Thecup 0, containing the loose oil-pot D, is connected to the band A by means of two bayonet-catches, and that'this may be doneit is necessary that the oil-pot be loose in the cup 0, because the spindle f, extending through the band A, prevents the turning of the oil-pot. The cup 0 mostly covers the opening 6. An oil-pot having no spindle extending outside the lantern can be so attached to the lantern in a variety of ways that it can be readily removed through the base; but when the spindle extends outside, as shown, a peculiar construction of the parts becomes necessary.

B represents a castringhavingseveral sharp points, a, on the under side projecting therefrom,as shown. This ringmay be made heavy, and in Fig. 1 is scoured to and made part of the lantern by passing the lower ends of the guard-wires I) through holes in B, andsuitably fastening the same there.

Many lanterns used on railroads are lost by being blown or jostled from the tops of cars, Where it frequently is necessary to place them temporarily,-as when the brakeman is operating the brakes. The points a catching into the wood of the car will effectually prevent. this. The same device may be attached toacommon close-bottom lantern, as shown in the figures on Sheet No. 2, where the ring B is shown seemed beneath the ordinary tin bottom of a lantern, the outer edge of the bottom being turned over the ring, as seen at d, Fig. 10. ln the openbottom-lantern the lower ends of the vertical guard-wires might project below the band or ring B and be made pointed. dispensing with the points a on B; but I prefer the construction shown. a

What I claim as new is as follows:

1. .Thedetachable cup (.l,in combination with thelooseoil-pot- D, and band A, having therein a slot or opening, z, substantially as specified.

2. Thespringsh, in combination with theloose oil-pot D and cup 0, substantially as specified.

,3. The springs e, in combination with the loose oil-pot D, detachable cup 0, and band A, substantially as specified.

4.. Providing the bottom of a lantern with projecting points a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM WESTLAKE.

Witnesses! E. A. WEST, O. W. Bonn. 

